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LDN - Top Stories

The chamber wants you!

The staff at the Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce needs more volunteers for this year's art and balloon fest. To sign up, call the chamber office at 217-735-2385, or stop by the office at 1555 Fifth St.

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See the fair coverage in its entirety: the stories, the pictures and the results in the 2011 Logan County Fair Special Section. Click here...

CITY BRIEFS:
Tourism, city manager, sewer woes and more

'Public, be warned' about illegal dumping

4-H Foundation Scholarship winners announced

Terry Veach to retire from ALMH

Legislation signed to protect volunteer drivers who transport seniors

Feds buck Quinn, order cooperation in illegal alien program

Uncashed checks to be curated by state quicker

This day in history

Yesterday's Top Stories

Lincoln runners take it on the road for St. Jude

St. Jude Lincoln to Peoria Run -- album
KCBS BBQ competition joins the Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival this year

Lincoln College announces community open house at Scott Joslin Fitness Center

Final fair coverage:

Mud bogs -- Album 1 Album 2
Demo derby -- Album 1 Album 2
Demo derby results

This day in history

This Week's Top Stories

CLOSE UP: Aug. 10

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Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce
Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival
2011 Information Station

The best place to be on August 26, 27 & 28!

- Art Fair & Artists

- Entertainment

- Directions

- Art of Wine

- Bags Tournament Registration

- BBQ Schedule of Events

- Volunteer
Opportunities

- Volunteer Form

-Parade Form

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Castle Manor
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Lincoln Public Library
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Main Street Lincoln
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LDN - News

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Surf rescue swimmers Eddie Mendez and Will Green pull Dale Ostrander aboard their jet ski after finding him in the surf off the Cranberry Road beach approach near Long Beach, Wash., on Friday. The team searched for the boy for nearly 15 minutes before locating him.

AP photo/Damian Mulinix/Chinook Observer

See story "Boy pulled from Pacific surf in dramatic rescue" below in National

Local

CITY BRIEFS:
Tourism, city manager, sewer woes and more

'Public, be warned' about illegal dumping

4-H Foundation Scholarship winners announced

Terry Veach to retire from ALMH

CLOSE UP: Aug. 10

Mobile pantry, Eli Crane, LCHS band fundraiser, Lincoln Junior Woman’s Club trivia night and Rotary chicken dinner make Close Up

Zooming in on the people, places and things that make this community interesting!

sponsored by CHRIS COYNE, Agent -- State Farm Insurance

State

New hearings sought in Chicago police torture case

National

Police say fugitive siblings possibly in Colorado
Boy pulled from Pacific surf in dramatic rescue
3 arrested after fake bomb found at Phoenix airport
3 plead guilty in California 'baby-selling ring'
Man pleads guilty in LA to plane stowaway charge
Polygamist leader gets life in prison for assault
- Jeffs' grip on polygamous church likely to remain
AP IMPACT:
Cutbacks force retreat in war on meth

Politics & Government

US military probes deadly Afghan helicopter crash
- With sadness, dignity, Obama honors the fallen
- No media allowed at Dover ceremony
Obama announces fuel standards for big vehicles
AP sources: US to tell Assad that he must go
Labor fight at heart of dispute over FAA bill
Dem official: Murray to be debt panel co-chair
Iowa straw poll part circus, part politics
Perry seeking to change dynamics of GOP race
Ariz. governor on deadline for immigration appeal
Wisconsin GOP's stand could reverberate elsewhere

U.S. Weather

The nation's weather

International

US drone strike kills 20 militants in NW Pakistan
Officials: NKorean shell lands in SKorean waters
Cameron: UK won't let 'culture of fear' take over
Syrian troops take over eastern city
- Syria's crackdown hits ally Hezbollah's image
Official: Afghan police clash with NATO troops
Afghan president: Courts cannot change election
Tamils still suffer 2 years after Sri Lanka war
Fed's low rates pledge supports global stocks
China's 1st aircraft carrier begins sea trials

ODD & Extraordinary

A dancing carrot proposes marriage in China
Utah hospital reports high number of snake bites
CO legislator wants burro racing as official sport

Science, Technology and the Environment

Satellite images show eruption on Alaska volcano
Orange goo near remote Alaska village ID'd as eggs
Powerful solar flare has limited impact on Earth

Upcoming
Civic Events

Something new in your business

Nasdaq $2381.05 -101.47

Local

Business Spotlight

National

Capital One to buy HSBC US credit card arm
Pay TV industry loses record number of subscribers

International

China's July auto sales up 6.7 percent
Sarkozy pledges to stick to deficit-cutting goals
Bank of England cuts growth forecast
Nestle half-year net profit down on franc's rise
Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer drops Tiger Woods

Energy

IEA trims 2011 oil demand forecast
Oil above $82 as Fed pledges low rates to 2013

Markets

Fed's low rates pledge supports global stocks

Other

Recent Business News Index

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MKS Jewelers
NAPA
McEntire Appliance

Area Gas Prices
Regular Gasoline per Gallon

Lincoln
$3.69⁹-$3.79⁹

Bloomington
$3.56⁹-$3.69⁹

Springfield
$3.58⁹-$3.74⁹

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The fall garden and items of interest
By John Fulton
Logan County FSA newsletter
Agriculture News Elsewhere

USDA is hoping to cut crop reporting red tape
World outlook is supportive for US agriculture
Farmdoc

Recent Rural Review News Index

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Rachel Huffman and Shane Steinberg plan to be married Aug. 20 in Lincoln.

Rachel is the daughter of Roben and Stephanie Huffman. She is a graduate of Clinton High School and Illinois State University with a degree in agribusiness and agronomy industry management. She is a statistical analyst at Archer Daniels Midland.

Shane is the son of Todd and Kathy Steinberg. He is a graduate of Lincoln Community High School and graduated from Lincoln Land Community College with a degree in ag production and business management. He is a scale technician for Walz Scale.

Picture supplied by Rachel Huffman

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Births:
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- Jaylen Joshua Dale
- Canaan Garth Hodam
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Senior Life

Article update Aug. 8

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News & information for the seniors in our community

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Obituaries
Most recent:
- Floyd, Julia A., 74

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LDN - Entertainment

In this file photo from Aug. 1, 2009, rapper Ice-T performs during the All Points West music festival at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J. Ice-T is the executive producer and narrator of the upcoming VH1 documentary "Planet Rock: The Story of Hip Hop and the Crack Generation," airing Sept. 18 at 10 p.m. EST.

AP file photo by Jason DeCrow

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

Hearing scheduled in 'The Help' lawsuit in Miss.
E-book about Assange on sale Wednesday
VH1 explores hip-hop and cocaine in new docu
Philip Levine named country's poet laureate
DC police demotion follows Sheen escort dustup
'Catch Me If You Can' to disappear next month
NYC Elaine's restaurant memorabilia up for auction
2 men sue Calif. amusement park over slur on photo
Fugard's 'The Road to Mecca' to hit Broadway
Times reporters get book deal on phone scandal

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Health News

Boy or girl? A simple test raises ethical concerns
Births at ALMH

"Breastfeeding is nature's health plan."	BREASTFEEDING TIP OF THE WEEK
	August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding week, celebrated in more than 170 countries worldwide. Celebrate with us as we encourage breastfeeding to improve the health of babies around the world!!
	For more information, contact the breastfeeding peer counselor at the Logan County Department of Public Health, 217-735-2317, ext. 246.

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Out & About

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LDN - Sports

This undated image shows an artist's rendering of the proposed NFL stadium in Los Angeles, to be named Farmers Field. Los Angeles council members voted Tuesday to approve a memorandum of understanding with a private developer for a 72,000-seat NFL stadium on the city's convention center campus, about week after a council subcommittee endorsed the tentative framework deal.

AP file photo/AEG

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